East Stroudsburg resident receives federal grant

East Stroudsburg resident receives federal grant

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Posted Nov. 24, 2012 at 12:01 AM

Posted Nov. 24, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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Emily Buchman, of East Stroudsburg and a senior physician's assistant studies major at King's College, was recently selected to receive an educational assistance grant made possible by a five-year federal grant awarded to the college in 2010.

Funds from the grant are allowing King's College to expand its physician assistant studies program by up to five students per year through 2015 to meet the growing national need for primary care providers.

Buchman was part of the second group at the college to benefit from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Expansion of Physician Assistant Training Program under the Affordable Care Act.

The $990,000 award was one of 32 grants awarded to Physician Assistant training programs in the United States and was the largest of four given to Pennsylvania institutions.

The physician assistant program is designed to provide patients with greater access to preventive and consistent medical care under the Affordable Care Act and to help address a predicted national shortage of medical professionals, especially in areas designated by the federal government as Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas. There are 164 such areas in Pennsylvania, including 23 in Luzerne County.

The Physician Assistant Program was established at King's College as a certificate program in 1975. Since then more than 850 students have graduated from the program and it has grown into a combined five-year bachelor's and master's degree degree for King's students and a two-year master's degree program for professional phase students who earn a bachelor's degree from another college.

King's College is a Catholic college sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross.

Angela Taldone, a sophomore English major from Effort, was recently inducted into the Bridgewater College Philomathes Society, the College's scholastic honor society.

The Philomathes Society in Virginia encourages scholarly effort and honors students, faculty members and alumni who have achieved unusual distinction in the pursuit of knowledge. Students must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.4 or higher.

Three students at King's College, Cynthia Bodden, of Pocono Summit; George Dilger, of Cresco; and Thomas Maloney, of Tobyhanna, recently participated in the eighth annual forum of the McGowan School of Business at the Union League of Philadelphia.

Bodden is a senior majoring in business administration. Dilger is a senior majoring in finance and Maloney is a senior majoring in marketing.

The forum consisted of a one-hour mentoring session, many led by King's alumni, followed by a meal in a professional business setting and a presentation by a guest speaker.

The event is underwritten by the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund Inc. and corporate sponsors including: Hahnemann University Hospital, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, Reznick Group P.C. and IBM.